MOST-MENTIONED SPORTS FIGURES
Rather than break down the amount of time a specific athlete or figure was covered, we counted how frequently names were mentioned in the transcripts from the week. The 15 most-mentioned sports people for Oct. 26-Nov. 1.

Notes

Marcus Lattimore's shredded knee posed a problem: Last Saturday, the South Carolina running back suffered one of the more gruesome leg injuries this side of Joe Theismann. In-game, ESPN showed the replay from multiple angles, and in slow motion. That night's SportsCenter provided a conundrum: show the injury, or not? Their solution was exactly right. They ran the play at game-speed, followed by a close-up of Lattimore that didn't show his leg, then a shot of him being carted off the field. The stomach-churning video was available online for anyone who wanted to see it, and including it on SportsCenter wouldn't have added anything to the package. Good stuff.